There were 16 Atlantic Leaguers spread among the 30 camps fulltime, either as 40-man roster players or non-roster invitees. Every one appeared in spring training games.
The count goes up by an astonishing 22 more--38 overall--when all of the players brought up from the minor league camp for at least a day are added into the mix. This total is only of those who actually got their name in a box score because still a few others were on the bench (or in the bullpen) if the manager needed them.
The 38 players is an average of nearly five per team. Impressive!
Here is the list of the minor league visitors who got into the parent team's games, including the team and position with the Atlantic League affiliations in parenthesis:
Arizona: SS Ed Rogers (Bridgeport)
Baltimore: LHP Nick Bierbrodt (Bridgeport and Somerset); LHP Alberto Castillo (Newark, Road Warriors and Camden)
Cincinnati: OF Brian Barton (Newark and Bridgeport); 3B Mike Costanzo (Camden)
Colorado: 1B Jason Botts (Camden); LHP Josh Muecke (Somerset)
Houston: C Robinson Cancel (Long Island, Road Warriors and Somerset)
Los Angeles Dodgers: 3B Corey Smith (Newark)
Milwaukee: INF Anderson Machado (Lancaster); LHP Sam Narron (Camden)
New York Mets: LHP Justin Hampson (York and Long Island); 1B-DH Valentino Pascucci (Camden)
Oakland: RHP Jon Hunton (Somerset and Lancaster)
Philadelphia: RHP Matt Anderson (Bridgeport); RHP Nate Bump (Camden); LHP Derrick Loop (Camden)
San Francisco: OF Justin Christian (Southern Maryland
Seattle: RHP Scott Patterson (Lancaster)
Texas: OF Erold Andrus (York)
Toronto: OF Jason Lane (Southern Maryland); RHP Vince Perkins (York, Newark and Camden)
Andrus, Botts and Hunton have since been released.
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